30 years revisit survey for long-term changes in the Antarctic subtidal algal assemblage

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Ko, Young Wook, Choi, Han-Gu, Lee, Dong Seok, Kim, Jeong Ha
• Other Authors: Korea Polar Research Institute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Antarctic; King George Island; Maxwell Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65039-4; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65039-4.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65039-4

Abstract A long-term change of a subtidal macroalgal assemblage has been investigated in Maxwell Bay, King George Island (KGI) of the Antarctic coast by a revisit survey after 30 years. Field surveys were done by SCUBA diving at six sites in 2016–2018 to directly compare with the previous survey con...